Stephen Wolfram

Stephen Wolfram
Wolfram in 2008
Born (1959-08-29) 29 August 1959 (age 64)
London, England
NationalityBritish, American
EducationDragon School[5]
Eton College
Alma mater
Known for
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship (1981)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisSome Topics in Theoretical High-Energy Physics (1980)
Doctoral advisorRichard D. Field[3]
Website

Stephen Wolfram (/ˈwʊlfrəm/ WUUL-frəm; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American[6] computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer algebra, and theoretical physics.[7][8] In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[9]

As a businessman, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research where he works as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine.

  1. ^ Wolfram, S. (2013). "Computer algebra". Proceedings of the 38th international symposium on International symposium on symbolic and algebraic computation – ISSAC '13. pp. 7–8. doi:10.1145/2465506.2465930. ISBN 9781450320597. S2CID 37099593.
  2. ^ Stephen Wolfram's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Wolfram, Stephen (1980). Some topics in theoretical high-energy physics. Caltech Library (phd). California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ My Life in Technology—As Told at the Computer History Museum
  6. ^ "Biographical Facts for Stephen Wolfram". www.stephenwolfram.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Stephen Wolfram". Wolfram Alpha. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Stephen Wolfram: 'I am an information pack rat'". New Scientist. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  9. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 1 September 2013.

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